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Adobe Acrobat Pro - Background process ONLY (Does not launch)

New Here ,
Oct 02, 2025 Oct 02, 2025

Hello all!

My org has been having on-and-off issue with Adobe Acrobat Pro [version 25.001.20756]

 

Users are unable to get Acrobat to launch, but multiple Acrobat background processes will open in task manager. I've been investigating for a few days, trying anything to troubleshoot this issue. This is what I've learned so far.

- The only permanent fix I've found so far has been using the Adobe Cleaner to wipe out everything and reinstall Acrobat, but is a hassle to do for remote users.
- Compatiblity Mode has not resolved any issues, but I also read that it effects functionality (which is not a viable option for some users)
- On occasion, closing ALL Adobe background processes (Updater, Notification, Licensing, etc) and running Acrobat as Admin does force open the program but isn't guaranteed.
- I suspect it could be a Windows/File Permissions issues since the program opens when I "Run As Different User" under my administrator account but I can't be sure.

Does anyone (others in my situation or Adobe Support) have any other tips I can use to figure out exactly why this is happening?

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Adobe Employee ,
Oct 02, 2025 Oct 02, 2025
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Hi MiguelFromIT,

 

Thank you for reaching out and reporting this.

 

As the application is not launching, please try the troubleshooting steps sugested in the following help document: https://adobe.ly/3VPgGg3.

 

If that does not help, please collect the logs using the Diagnostic tool and share the log ID. We will check them.

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

 

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